Death seat

Chapter 549 Gambling and drinking

"I would like to thank everyone here. I hope that we will work together to make the future of the Principality of Madrid even better! I will do it first!" Xu Ziye raised his glass and drank it down.The people present sat at at least dozens of tables, not to mention wine, even water could not stand it.

Everyone also raised their wine glasses and drank the fine wine in the glass. Then Louis started another speech, which was nothing more than Xu Ziye's achievements these days. Although Xu Ziye's achievements are not many, but each The credit is national credit.

However, at this moment, a guy suddenly stood up and said: "With these few achievements, he was promoted to prince. Presumably Prince Sandro must have some extraordinary abilities?"

Suddenly Louis stopped and looked at the person in front of him. Louis coughed, then glanced at him and said, "General Durand, today is the day that Prince Sandro takes office. If you have something to say, can you say it in private?"

The general named Durand was a three-star bronze general. He was Xu Ziye's immediate superior. He watched Xu Ziye grow from a small commander to an acting deputy general, then a deputy general, and then a full-time general. Finally came the Prince.

Durand was quite unconvinced. Three of the ten cities in his hands were on the border, and he had made a lot of contributions. Why did he give Xu Ziye the title of Prince, but he was still just a general after working for so many years?This made Durand very unhappy.

Of course, Durand was able to kill the general, it must not be such an overbearing young man. The reason why he dared to make such a mistake on this occasion must be supported by people behind him. These people are veterans in the military and politics. These veterans High-level figures are promoted based on seniority. Naturally, they are quite dissatisfied with a person like Xu Ziye who became a prince at a young age. Even if there are talented people from generation to generation, this is too exaggerated.

As the king of a country, Louis is naturally well versed in this. He also used Xu Ziye to express his position and make these veterans calm down. Of course, it is impossible for Louis to get rid of them. As long as the two forces confront each other, his throne Only in this way can one sit securely, otherwise, any party's power will expand too much, which will be detrimental to one's own throne.

"Your Majesty! This Prince Sandro used to be a commander of my subordinates, but he became a prince in just a few months. I think if there is no extraordinary ability, then His Majesty canonized This prince may not be able to convince the public!" Durand said.

Durand's words aroused echoing voices. Xu Ziye frowned and looked at the people below. Lu probably had written down all their names, and what he was worried about still happened.

"Isn't the few things I just read the merits of Prince Sandro?" Louis said, without a harsh tone in his words. After all, he had to grasp the balance, especially in such a public scene, he absolutely couldn't Take sides.

"In terms of merit, which of our generals has been guarding one side for decades? Even the youngest general here has been a soldier for at least ten years. Is their contribution less than that of Prince Sandro? But only General Sandro was promoted to Prince, which is hard for us people to accept!" Durand said in a deep voice.

Louis also planned to say a few more words of comfort to him. Of course, Durand's behavior was actually against Louis. What kind of crime is it for a monarch to contradict the emperor?Even ordinary people will know that even if the king spares him and does not kill him, at least he will be dismissed from office.

But Louis didn't intend to do that. He looked at Xu Ziye, then smiled at everyone and said, "General Durand drank too much today, come on, let's dance!"

If Xu Ziye keeps silent like this, then Louis will think that Xu Ziye is a softie, a guy who is not worth supporting. The best result for this kind of person is to find an opportunity and not reuse it, and the worst result is to do it casually. Kill him for a crime. The royal family has no relatives, and relatives can be killed, let alone Xu Ziye, an outsider.

"According to General Durand, I, Sandro, are just a living bag?" Xu Ziye's voice was obviously hostile.

Louis remained silent, and the rest of the nobles and ministers were all human beings, so they immediately remained silent.At this time, whoever makes a sound is courting death.

"Hehe, I don't care if it's a wine bag or a rice bag, it's up to you!" Durand sneered and said, "I won't compete with you, because you are only a twelve-star star. I heard that you drink a lot. It's better than drinking!"

"What's the bet?" Xu Ziye asked, this situation is definitely not that simple.

"If I win, you will resign as a prince. Don't worry, I, Durand, am not such a stingy person. You can still be a general. If I lose, I will resign as a general and go home to farm. How about it?" He looked at Xu Ziye with contempt and said, he didn't know that even ten or a hundred Durands would never be able to drink more than Xu Ziye.

The world sapling in Xu Ziye's body is enough to dilute all the wine in the whole country. Of course, Xu Ziye can't be so active in the wine competition with Durand, but first asked: "General Durand, why did you choose to bet on wine with me?"

Durand gave Xu Ziye a cold look, and then said: "Because your strength is not as good as mine, your strength is not as good as mine, and your qualifications are not as good as mine, so if you can't even drink as much as I do, then I'm praising you if I say you are a drunkard. If you don't have anything that can compare to me, how can you be the prince? Only in this way can you prove that you are at least better than us."

These words were obviously satirizing Xu Ziye. Xu Ziye secretly wrote down the account in his heart. Today, all kinds of powerful people gathered here. It is not surprising that there may even be royal spies mixed in, so it is absolutely impossible to do anything out of line here.

Finally, Xu Ziye nodded, and responded forcefully: "General Durand is right. I, Sandro, am indeed a rich man, so I hope General Durand can win this time!"

When Xu Ziye said this, the audience was in an uproar. They didn't know why Xu Ziye said that, and Louis was also puzzled, wondering what kind of medicine Xu Ziye was selling in this gourd.

(End of this chapter)